Operations Manager

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award; South Kesteven; Remote; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity is seeking an Operations Manager to oversee a team in Scotland, driving engagement and operational success for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. The role involves managing staff, fostering partnerships, and contributing to strategic goals. Applicants should be dynamic, proactive, and passionate about youth development, with a strong background in people management. Flexible working arrangements are available, and the position is field-based.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution

Flexible working

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Extensive people management experience required.
• Contributing to national working groups for strategic goals.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of Operations Officers across Scotland.
• Support operational delivery and development of DofE.
• Build partnerships to increase engagement in communities.

Skills

People Management

Team Player

Dynamic

Proactive

Job description

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We help young people to build life-long belief in themselves, supporting them to take on their own challenges, follow their own passions and discover talents they never knew they had. Because when you prove yourself that you’re ready for anything nothing can hold you back.

The Operations Manager is responsible for managing a team of geographically dispersed Operations Officers to support the operational delivery and development of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) across Scotland.

Operations Officers directly support a variety of Licensed Organisations (LOs) comprising mainly of schools, but they also work with other organisations including colleges, local authorities, charities, pupil referral units, youth groups and young offender institutions. The Operations Manager role involves managing, coaching, and supporting Operations Officers to undertake their role and building strong partnerships to increase DofE’s engagement across communities in Scotland.

As a DofE country team, our focus is on building capacity within our licensed organisations to support more young people to engage with DofE and on identifying and stewarding strong partnerships within local communities to increase engagement with DofE, particularly within those communities who face barriers to participation.

Line managed by the Senior Operations Manager, the Operations Manager is an active and engaged member of the Scotland Leadership Team, which is chaired by the Scotland Director. The Scotland Leadership team is responsible for developing and delivering the Scotland business plan and strategy in line with UK wide and national strategic goals.

The role will be field-based and when not attending meetings, employees will work from home. You will need to have an appropriate home office set up and live within Scotland.

What we are looking for:

We are looking to recruit a dynamic, proactive, and effective team player with extensive people management experience to join the Scotland team. You will report to the Senior Operations Manager and will be responsible for the day-to-day management of your Operations team and delivery of the DofE Scotland business plan. The role will also involve contributing to national working groups to support our charity wide strategic goals.

You will be a passionate advocate for the work of the DofE and be driven to realise the charity’s strategic ambition to give more than one million young people the chance to participate in our life-changing programmes, over the next five years.

A full job description can be viewed below.

If you think you have the desired skills and experience, then please do apply online. As part of the application process, you will be expected to complete a statement of suitability and answer competency-based questions relevant to the role to help us assess your application.

We offer excellent staff benefits including a generous pension contribution, flexible working and an employee assistance programme.

If you would like to access the application form in a different format or if you would like any assistance that might help improve your experience while completing the application, please contact us by email [e-mail]

Closing Date: Sunday 25th May at Midnight

The DofE are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. All successful applicants will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. (e.g. DBS/PVG or similar), including references covering any gaps of employment/education, confirm eligibility to work in the UK and complete a health check.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Business Development, Management, and Administrative

• Industries

  Non-profit Organizations

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